COLONEL'S FRIENDS
PREPARING FO 19!
Sounding of Leaders Gives In
dication of Desire to Re
turn to Old Party.
MYSTERY ATTEND3 MOVES
Few Commit Themselves, ana There
Is No Rash for Roosevelt Band
Wagon Lack of Candor
Generally Resented.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Aug. 31. Is Colonel Roosevelt
deliberately laying- plans to go after
tba Republican nomination for Presi
dent In 1916. or is the sudden activity
of bit friends merely an Indication of
their desire to see him return to the
Republican partyT That question is
receiving much consideration in the
lobbies of Congress, and la really at
tracting more attention than either the
tariff or the currency.
Within the past month several prom
inent Republicans of the "progressive"
type have been cautiously approached
by men Intimate personally or politi
cally with Colonel Roosevelt, and have
been sounded to ascertain how they
would stand If the Colonel should de
cide to seek the Republican nomina
tion. Whether these men came to
Washington by direction of the Colonel
or on their own responsibility was not
disclosed, and In few instances did they
receive any positive encouragement
Nevertheless, they have aroused un
usual interest.
Friends Sounding Leaders.
Coincident with the visits of these
men to Washington, Republican Sen
ators are receiving word from several
states indicating that other friends of
Colonel Roosevelt have been traveling
over the country, conferring with Re
publican leaders, and especially with
"progressive" Republican leaders, try
ing to learn their attitude, and the fact
that a country-wide Investigation ap
pears to be in progress lends addition
al interest to present-day speculation.
That Colonel Roosevelt should want
to return to the Republican fold Is not
surprising, especially In view of the
collapse of his third party. He himself
has never said publicly that he Intend
ed to or even thought of returning to
the Republican party, but his recent
speech at Chicago, following his trip
to Arizona, conveyed to many politi
cians who read It the idea that he con
templates getting bark to his old po
litical moorings. He significantly said:
"There has been a great deal of talk
about political parties getting together.
They can get together at any time
they wish by Joining us. But they
must adopt all of our principles, even
the judiciary plank In our platform."
Myatery Is Resented.
Unfortunately, in many respects, the
men who have been engaged in sound
ing out progressive Republican leaders
on the Roosevelt candidacy did not get
many definite assurances. A few lead
err who were approached did commit
thejnselves. Some were in favor of
-nortijnating Colonel Roosevelt, if he
Will return to the parts-, and If the
party will reorganize on "progressive"
lines: others, and the vast majority, de
clined to commit themselves, not so
much because of any doubt that ex
isted in their own minds, as because of
the my&tery thrown around the visits
paid thee. Those who have been do
ing the interviewing have not been
frank and open with the leaders to
whom they talked; they refused to say
whether they came as representative of
Colonel Roosevelt, or merely as friends
interested In his political success. Be
cause of this air of mystery they got
little satisfaction, and purposely were
left In doubt until such time as they
are willing to state their true cause
frankly.
Some of the leaders of the "progres
sive" wing of the Republican party
would welcome Colonel Roosevelt back
into the fold and would work for his
nomination in 1916. if he again pro
claims himself a Republican. Others
will oppose him, either on selfish
grounds or because of the stand he
took In the last campaign, contributing
largely, as he did. to the defeat of the
Republican party. Senator La Follette,
for Instance, will not come out in favor
of Roosevelt's nomination In 1916, for
he will himself be a candidate. The
same is true of Senator Cummins, of
Iowa. It Is evident, from recent gos
sip In Senate cloakrooms, that there
will be no rush to get on the Roosevelt
bandwagon.
PARDONS TO BE PROTESTED
Polndextcr and AVIckcrsliani Oppose
Freedom for Bulloch and Houston.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Aug. 31. (Special.) Senator
Poindexter. of Washington, and Dele
gate Wlckersham, of Alaska, will call
on President Wilson on his return from
New Hampshire and protest against
pardoning of John 11. Eulloch and
Charles Houston, convicted and sen
tenced to the penitentiary for frauds
in connection with contracts for fur
nishing coal for Army posts in Alaska.
Several days ago Senators Jones,
Chamberlain and Lane 'and Repre
sentatives Humphrey, La Follette and
Johnson called on the President and
urged the pardon of Bulloch, who now
lives in Portland, on the ground that
he was merely an agent in the trans
actions for which he was indicted. It
is understood the Attorney-General
also has recommended the pardon of
both men.
Wlckersham is a political enemy of
the two defendants in question and has
induced Poindexter to aid him in his
appeal to the President.
HORSELESS CITY IN VIEW
Animals Fast Give Place to Motor
Vehicles in Chicago.
CHICAGO. Aug. 31. There will be no
horses in Chicago 50 years from now
If the annual decrease of 2 per cent in
the use of animals In the city con
tinues. The decrease has been com
puted for the years between 1907 and
1913. which show a total falling off In
horse-drawn vehicles of 12 per cent
for that period, while the use of auto
mobiles has Increased 670 per cent.
Figures gathered by the Citizens"
Street Cleaning Bureau show that 1769
fewer horses moved through the down
town streets daily in 1913 than in 1907.
Motors Increased in the same period
from 1103 each day to 7398.
Lindsay Speaks for Suffrage.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. Judge Ben
B Lindsay of Denver, was the prin
cipal speaker at a mass meeting of
suffragists here today under the aus
pices of the National Woman Suffrage
Association. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw,
president of the association, presided.
TAMMANY
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MURPHY IUS HOFeIO (fepaS77?
Tammany Thinks McCal!
Stands Chance of Election.
OPPOSITION IS DIVIDED
Gaynor's Candldncy Regarded
Help, and Republican Aid Is
Counted On Attacks on Sul
zer Will Prove Costly.
(Continued From First Page.)
him to the United States Senate when
his term in the City Hall was up, to
which Dowllng replied that he was
doubtful whether there was going to
be any Tammany Mayor next year, and,
anyway, he did not mean to take the
chance.
With Dowling absolutely eliminated.
Murphy and his advisors were all at
sea. Just at this time certain persons
well known In Wall Street called on
Murphy and asked what was the matter
with McCall. They explained that there
was considerable interest In the sub
way problem, and that it was neces
sary to have a "safe" man in the City
Hall. If a man like McCall were
named, they went on to say. It was
an absolutes certalntv hat a" good
sized campaign fund could be raised.
The understanding among well
informed Tammany men is that this
argument made a profound impression
on Murphy. Anyway, the nomination
was offered to McCall and accepted
with promptitude.
Traction Companies Like McCall.
McCall Is now the chairman of the
Public Service Commission In the Met
ropolitan district. He was appointed
by Governor Sulzer to succeed William
R. Willcox, resigning from the bench
to take the place. His first official
act was to cast the deciding vote for
the subway plan advocated by the In
terborough and the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Companies, interested parties;
the same plan that was bitterly at
tacked by John Purroy Mitchel and
William Randolph Hearst as a steal of
uncounted millions. Perhaps It Is and
perhaps It is not; anyway, the traction
companies are thoroughly satisfied
with It and are extremely pleased with
McCall.
The nominee is the brother of John
A. McCall, who as president of the New
York Life Insurance Company was ob
literated by the Investigations con
ducted by Charles E. Hughes, now Jus
tice of the United States Supreme
Court. It is general knowledge that
Edward McCall owed his promotion to
the Supreme Court to the Influence of
his brother in the days of his power.
How will Edward McCall run? That
is hard to say at the present writing.
The Tammany men express confidence
in his election. They figure as a start
er on the dyed-ln-the-wool Tammany
men who can be relied on to vote for
any one no matter who he may be.
Next, they count on a large share of
the Republican vote, holding, with good
reason, that the Republicans are dis
satisfied with the fusion nominations,
and the effort that was made to shove
the G O. P. to the rear. According to
the Tammany Idea, Gaynor, as an In
dependent candidate, will poll the larg
est share of the Republican vote, Mc
Call the next, while the smallest num
ber of Republicans will be found with
Mitchel.
Gaynor Counted as Aid.
No one thinks that McCall is a pop
ular candidate. Tammany's hopes are
based on the belief that Republicans
will not stick to the fusion slate. They
hope Gaynor will remain in the race,
counting on him to help them.
A source of worriment to the Tam
many warriors is the attitude of the
friends of Governor Sulzer. You will
find persons who believe that the Gov
ernor should be removed, but no one
can deny that there are thousands of
voters in the city who are fanatics in
the belief that he is a vlcttin of "the
system."
Sulzer Is particularly strong on the
east side of town, and his friends are
ready to go to any length to "get even"
-,1th Mnrnhv. Sulzer is prepared to
take the stump for Mitchel, and that
he will swing tnousanos oi nereiumic
....iirht Tammanv votes to the fusion
side cannot be questioned. Talking
with one high Tammany man the other
day. he said: .
"We might convict Sulzer, we might
send him to the penitentiary, or we
mleht even electrocute him, but we
could not destroy the faith his friends
have in him. They regard him as a
martyr and argument is useless. I am
afraid we are going to find on election
day that our attacks on him will be
costly."
Mitchel Called Socialist.
Tha Democratic campaign pro
gramme is outlined in the platform
adopted at the convention. Briefly it
calls for home rule, the eight-hour day
and a more economical conduct of the
city business. Mitchel will be at
tacked as a Socialist and every effort
made to get the support of "the bet
ter element." on the ground that four
years of Mitchel would ruin the city's
credit. Murphy believes that by
throwing Gaynor overboard his ora-
CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR AND
" 1 V mi1" i "V ,v- H b.gUnd opening.
i v sj i A;v
tbore, Edward E. McCall (Photo Copyrighted by Bain News Service) Below,
(Left to Right). Mr. McCall With H Is Hands on Shoulder of His Daughter,
Alia Gaynor McCall; Hta Daughter, Constance McCall, Sidney McCall, a
Nephew, and Mrs. McCall (Photo Cop yrlshted by Underwood & I nderwood.
New Vork).
tors can declare that Tammany is not
to blame for the police scandals, while
the increase in the city debt can be
laid on the backs of the fusion Board
of Estimate. In a few words, the Tam
many plan Is to put all the blame on
the shoulders of others, and declare
that only through them can the city
become happy again.
Election is two months away, but
it promises to be a noisy campaign.
With Sulzer and Hearst on the stump
along with Mitchel (who is some ora
tor himself). District Attorney Whit
man, who has a noisy following, Gay
nor, with his caustic tongue and
breezy letters, Tammany will be on
the defensive from the start.
Campaign Will Be Bitter.
Murphy has some good talkers of his
own. and they can always .count on
audiences. They are now studying
their speeches, preparing to train
their batteries on the fusion cause in
general and John Purroy Mitchel in
particular. Before November the cam
paign promises to exceed In bitterness
the ones that have preceded it and
we have had some fine old fights here
in days gone by.
Just the same. Murphy is reported to
be happy. Any Tammany candidate
would have hard sledding this year,
and a man with financial backing is of
more consequence than one without
such qualifications.
Murphy will not lose, no matter
what the voters say, and perhaps he
may elect McCall.
Even If the election day verdict is
"all is lost," there will be some com
fort In having saved the bank rolL
AUTOS SHOW 616 GAIN
MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRA
TIONS FOR AUGUST ARE 508.
State Collects $56,000 to Be DestriD
nted to Various Counties in
Coming January.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 31. (Special.)
The motor vehicle registrations made
with Secretary of State Olcott during
August were 508. as against 352 in
August. 1912. The total fees from mo
tor vehicles and chauffeur registrations
from January 1 to date aggregate
354.190, as against $41,190.50 for the
corresponding period last year. The
total number of licenses Issued to
August 31, 1912, was 9706, while thus
far during the present year they total
13,415, showing a gain in the motor
vehicle registrations during 1913 of ap
proximately 37H per cent.
Mr. Olcott stated that the total mo
tor vehicle registrations for 1913 on
the present basis, will reach fully 14.
000. and that the total fees for the year
will be not less than J06.OOO. This
money, after deducting the expenses of
administration, which will not exceed
20 per cent of the fees, will be distri
buted throughout the various counties
this coming January, in proportion to
the registrations from the counties.
Multnomah County will receive a lion's
share of this money as more than EO
per cent of registrations are from that
county. ,
The foreign commerce of Uruguay in
1H12 passed the SIOO.OOO.OOO mark, while
more recent returns promise that durtns
the curreut rear even those fieures vill be
exceeded.
HIS FAMILY.
FRINGE IS PUNISHED
Pretty French Laundress Is
Dismissed by Queen Mary.
GIRL'S CHEEKS TOO ROSY
Young Ruler-to-Be Dares Xot Ob
ject, but He Sends $750 to De
posed Employe Puritan
ical Edict Causes Smiles. -
PARIS, Aug. 31. (Special.) Smiles
and grins will surely cross the chan
nel from France to Great Britain over
the story published here today by the
Crl de Paris of the latest puritanical
edict of stern Queen Mary, enforced
on the Prince of Wales, in which a
pretty little French laundress of the
royal youngster's establishment be
came the victim, being summarily dis
missed. The Cri de Paris asserts that the
only indictment possible against the
little French laundress was her youth
and good looks. Her deportment is
said to have been demure; her ironing
of lingerie of princeling perfection.
But the rose of her cheeks and the
light of her eyes were condemned by
Queen Mary as being not suitable for
the immediate environment of the fu
ture ruler.
The Prince has not dared to flout
Queen Mary's order of dismissal given
without his knowledge, but if the Cri
de Paris story is right the boy, when
he heard of what his Queen-mother
had done, wrote a letter to the girl
and Inclosed 150 ($760) by way of
Indemnity.
Then he wrote her a separate let
ter in an effort to aid her to find
. . An,nlnwmait Thfa ctl tr AririrARRnd
"To whom it may concern," says that
the French girl is a line ntue laun
dress.
BIG FLEET CONCENTRATING
Three More Warships Are Due This
Week at Philadelphia.
arrival of three ships this week, there
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wlll De conceni.rai.ea at mo tuuauw
phta Navy Yard one of the most pow
erful fleets that has ever been assem
bled at an American naval station.
The vessels to arrive are the battle
ships Illinois and Alabama, and the
armored cruiser Montana. The ships
now at the yard include the battleships
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Wisconsin, Kentucky. Indiana, Iowa,
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JUaine. JUB3iMlUlluaQD o..u u.uhwu...
armored cruisers Washington and
North Carolina, and cruisers Birming
ham, Chester and Salem.
One thousand marines, who are sta
tioned at trie yard, are being constant
ly .1 1 1 I n "allIQUr-nil hmtPn Wll T It
and about 4000 sailors are here also.
On the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, located just north of the Missouri River on the fertile
plains of Northeastern Montana, lie 8,406 homesteads of 160 acres each, waiting the coming
of the farmer. The Indians, peaceable and fond of agriculture, have been allotted their lands.
Register at Glasgow, Havre or Great Falls, Montana
DaUy, Sept. 1 to 20, inclusive. Drawing at Glasgow, Sept. 23
l a ooo acres remain for the white man land with a rich, sandy loam soil capable of raising 20 to 30 bushel.
.ndV & bushels of oats per acre. These lands have been appraised at $2.50 to $7.00 per acre and
can be taken up under the United States homestead laws.
INFORMATION FREE.
Special
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NAME
ADDRESS.
C jy
16 LAND
Reclamation Reservoir With
holds Needed Water.
LOWER CURRENT VANISHES
Railroad Bridge Across Platte Is
Burned Because Xo Water Can
Be Secured Sun-Irrigation
No Longer Possible.
OMAHA. Aug. 31. (Special.) The
great Pathfinder dam and reservoirs,
fhe first of the Government projects
for the reclamation of semi-arid West
ern lands. U reported to b ruining
half a million acres of high-pr ced
farming lands in the broad Platte River
Valley in this state, and 1000 farmers
and land owners have just held a meet-t-
Voh to netition the
ins at x.eoti iij - .
Government to abandon the big irriga
tion system, -whicn cosi mu
$3,000,000.
In addition to this petition, the Ne
braska farmers will at once file claims
against the Government for the loss of
7-, . vor. which loss they
lay to the big dam. which Is impound
ing and holding the waters mm uj".
narlly roll down the Platte River. The
Platte itself, for 100 miles around
Kearney, contains no more water than
does the heart of a desert. The river
hoH ia nimnlv a sandy waste, with not
even the sign of water. Its width of
three-quarters or a mile can oa croou
i.i -Atincr tYit fppt damD. but not
WllUUUb H L " '
without wading in sand six inches deep.
Underground Current Vanishes.
n...,nm.nf renorts of a few years
ago showed that far more water came
down the Platte River Deneain me
sand than above the bed. A hole dug
. . i BanH onvwherp in the Platte
Valley would rapidly fill with water.
But today tnis suD-irrnsanuu
ceased and no water is obtainable in
this manner. Last week, when the
Burlington railroad bridge over the
Platte River at Grand Island took fire,
t hiirnM heoRuae no water
could be secured with which to quench
the flames.
The Pathfinder dam is a huge affair
.i ...arr the Platte lust where It
breaks from the mountains, and several
hundred thousand acres or aria lanas
were reclaimed by the canals which led
from the great reservoir formed just
above the dam. All this land has been
sold and is now being cultivated. Three
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COLUMBIA
Uncle Sam's Last
Land
1,345,000 Fertile Acres Open
THE FORT PECK INDIAN
RESERVATION, MONTANA
Along Main Line of Great Northern Railway.
Write today forf. Iura
round irip aMnccwtwi
LEEDY, General Immlg. Agent, Great Northern
113 Great Northern Building, St. raui, Minn.
. C. LEEDY. General Immitration -aeenl
Deft. , Great Northern Rail-jay, St. Paul, Minn.
Send me free, descriptive map folder and information rrtardinf koa, aken
and inhere to re lister for lands on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
S TA TE..
A-rAClFIC-IKTERNATlONAL EXPOSITION, SAM FRANCISCO,
years ago the gap in the great dam
was closed and the reservoir began fill
ing. Molstnre Too Deep tor Cropa.
Even the sub-irrigation water has
disappeared. Experts say that the
level of the sub-irrigation water has
sunk from six to 10 feet since last
year and that the moisture is now so
deep in the sand that the roots of vege
tation cannot reach it. This is due.
say the experts, to the fact that the
big Pathfinder dam, nearly 200 miles up
the North Platte River, is impounding
the water which formerly flowed down
under the sand and gravel of the river
valley.
The dam was constructed for the
purpose of impounding only the flood
water. Elaborate measurements were
made by Government engineers and the
utmost precautions were taken to In
sure that the usual amount of water
would bu sent down the Platte River,
the overplus only being held in the res
ervoir above the dam. But some one
blundered, say the Irrigation experts,
and the tremendous volume of water
which flowed beneath the sand on either
side of the river and even beneath the
river bed itself, was not taken into
consideration. As a result, this sub
Irrigation water has sunk to a low
level and the water which usually
flowed within the banks of the river
has likewise gone down into the sand.
PORTDLA GIRLS COMING
DOZEX PRETTY MAIDS TO CON
VEY INVITATION.
New Coast Liner Congress to Have
Honor on First Voyage of Car
rying Party North.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31. (Spe
cial.) California's Portola Invitation Is
going to be taken to the Northwest in
person by 12 pretty girls, chosen from
among the workers of San Francisco
and nearby cities. While the 12 have
not yet been selected, that they will be
pretty goes without saying, for they
will all be California girls.
This contest is similar to that con
ducted in 1900, just prior to the open
ing of the Portola celebration of that
year. Nominations are practically in
order, the opening date for them being
September 1. The date for the closing
of nominations has not yet been an
nounced. The contest proper will begin
within a few days, however, the vot
ing being done at designated polling
places throughout the city and neigh
boring communities.
The party will go north on the new
Pacific Steamship Company's liner Con
gress, which, costing $1,260,000. has
just been- completed at Philadelphia.
It is expected that the Portola girls
will be among the passengers on the
maiden trip. They go to Seattle first,
thence into British Columbia, back to
PHONE FOR
A CASE
TODAY
Opening
to White Settlement on
Railway
1915
Tacoma and on to Portland, returning
to San Francisco by the Shasta Lim
ited. Every expense will be paid by the
Portola committee, which will supply
pin moncv as well to the 12 lucky girls.
It Is expected that this tour will do
much to strengthen the community of
Interests between the various commu
nities In the North and San Francisco.
Greslium Woman Burled.
GRESHAM, Or., Aug. 31. (Special.',
The funeral of Mrs. W. H. Metzger.
who died in Portland, was held in the
Gresham Baptist Church. Rev. A.
Thompson officiating. Mrs. MetMrer
was born In Clarke County. Wash., July
9, 1874, was married to W. H. Metz
ger in 1893 and moved to Gresham
She is survived by two children and
her husband, her mother. Mrs. Joseph
Dixon, and sisters. Misses Ina and
Stella Dixon, and brothers, Joseph and
Jess Dixon, of Portland; James Dixon,
of Sandy; Arthur and Frank Dixon, ol
Kelso. ; The six brothers were the pull
bearers. '
Dangers of
Auto Headlights
"In a recent accident, which
also cost a life, a trolley car ran
over a pedestrian who hap
pened to be crossing in the shad
ow of a tree. The motorman's
eyes were so dazzled by the
bright -span of illumination im
mediately in front of him that
he could not discern objects iu
the shadow ahead.
"The time has come when
unshaded lights should not be
tolerated, even in exterior illumi
nation. It has been shown time
and again that, so far as actual
vision is concerned, there is a
decided gain by equipping a
light-source with a diffusing
globe, or otherwise keeping it
direct rays from the eye. Simply
because there may be some ad
ditional expense in maintaining
the necessary diffusing apparat
us, and that there is entailed
therebv some absorption of light,
is hardly a sufficient excuse for
this dangerous annoyance.
"The average automobile
headlights are searchlights of no
mean proportions, and to look
one in the face is to dazzle the
eyes to practical blindness so far
as vision at the time is con
cerned. The fault is the more
inexcusable because it is unnec
essary. It would be a simple
matter to construct headlights
so that they would throw their
light on the pavement or on the
roadway equally without throw
ing it up so that it strikes the
eyes of others using the high
way." Optical Work in Its Highest
Excellence Here.
THOMPSON
209-10-H Corbett Bldg., 5th and
Morrison, Specialist in the
Modern Application of Glasse3.
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